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US-9245834

Semiconductor device and method of forming compliant conductive interconnect structure in flipchip package

PublishedJanuary 26, 2016
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Technical Abstract

A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die. The semiconductor die has a contact pad. A first conductive layer is formed over the contact pad. A conductive shell having a hollow core is formed over the first conductive layer. A compliant material is deposited in the hollow core. The semiconductor die is mounted over a substrate with the conductive shell electrically connected to a conductive trace on the substrate. A second conductive layer is formed over the conductive shell. The compliant material is an insulating material. A bump material is deposited around the conductive shell. A pre-solder material is deposited over the conductive trace. The conductive shell has a cross-sectional width less than 7 micrometers. The second conductive layer is a conductive lip. Mounting the semiconductor die over the substrate further includes mounting the semiconductor die over the substrate in a bump on lead (BOL) configuration.

Patent Claims
21 claims

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1. A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a semiconductor die including a contact pad; forming a first conductive layer over the contact pad; forming a conductive shell including a hollow core over the first conductive layer; depositing a compliant insulating material in the hollow core; and disposing the semiconductor die over a substrate with the conductive shell electrically connected to a conductive trace on the substrate.

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2. The method of claim 1 , further including depositing a bump material around the conductive shell.

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3. The method of claim 1 , further including forming a second conductive layer over the conductive shell.

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4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second conductive layer is a conductive lip.

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5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conductive shell includes a cross-sectional width less than 7 micrometers.

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6. A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a semiconductor die including a contact pad; forming a first conductive layer over the contact pad; forming a conductive shell including a hollow core over the first conductive layer; disposing a bump material over the hollow core; and disposing the semiconductor die over a substrate with the conductive shell electrically connected to a conductive trace on the substrate, the hollow core disposed over the conductive trace.

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7. The method of claim 6 , further including forming a second conductive layer over the conductive shell.

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8. The method of claim 7 , wherein disposing the semiconductor die over the substrate further includes disposing the semiconductor die over the substrate in a bump on lead (BOL) configuration.

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9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the conductive shell includes a cross-sectional width less than 7 micrometers.

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10. The method of claim 6 , further including depositing the bump material around the conductive shell.

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11. A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a first substrate; forming a first insulating layer including an opening over the first substrate; forming a compliant composite conductive interconnect structure over the first substrate within the opening in the first insulating layer; removing the first insulating layer to form a hollow core in the compliant composite conductive interconnect structure; and forming a second insulating layer within the hollow core.

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12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second insulating layer includes a compliant material.

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13. The method of claim 11 , wherein forming the compliant composite conductive interconnect structure includes: forming a conductive shell over the first substrate; and forming a conductive layer over the conductive shell.

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14. The method of claim 11 , further including: disposing a semiconductor die over the first substrate; and forming an encapsulant over the semiconductor die.

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15. The method of claim 11 , further including forming a conductive layer over the first substrate, wherein the compliant composite conductive interconnect structure includes a width less than a width of the conductive layer.

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16. The method of claim 11 , further including disposing the first substrate over a second substrate.

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17. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate; a compliant composite conductive interconnect structure formed over the substrate, wherein the compliant composite conductive interconnect structure includes a hollow core; a conductive layer formed over the hollow core of the compliant composite conductive interconnect structure; and a bump formed over the compliant composite conductive interconnect structure.

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18. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the compliant composite conductive interconnect structure further includes: a conductive shell formed over the substrate; and the conductive layer formed over the conductive shell.

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19. The semiconductor device of claim 18 , wherein the compliant composite conductive interconnect structure includes a Young's modulus less than a Young's modulus of the conductive shell.

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20. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the compliant composite conductive interconnect structure includes a cross-sectional width less than 7 micrometers.

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21. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the substrate includes a semiconductor die.

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Filing Date

March 16, 2012

Publication Date

January 26, 2016

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